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The Kilkenny county hurling team represents Kilkenny in hurling and is governed by Kilkenny GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. [1] The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, and the National Hurling League.
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows: 1890s: 4 each for Cork (1890, 1892, 1893, 1894) and Tipperary (1895, 1896, 1898, 1899) 1900s: 4 for Kilkenny (1904, 1905, 1907, 1909) 1910s: 3 for Kilkenny (1911, 1912, 1913)
Kilkenny is the most successful county team at senior level in the history of the game of hurling. Kilkenny has won the All-Ireland Championship 36 times as of 2019 and has won the provincial Leinster Championship on 71 occasions as of 2019. [2] Kilkenny hurling team, c. 1923
The Tipperary team of the 1960s is remembered as one of the most successful and as one of the most physically intimidating of all-time. Similarly, they are regarded as one of the all-time great teams in the history of the competition. Of the nine All-Ireland finals to take place during this period Tipperary reached seven of them.
A hurling team is made up of fifteen players, all armed with a hurley, a piece of wood shaped like an axe. Like many other sports, the goal is to rack up more points than the opponent, and in ...
Ballyhale's successful campaign continued all the way to the All-Ireland final where they played Cork champions St. Finbarr's. On that occasion seven Fennelly brothers lined out against a star-studded Barr's team, captained by Jimmy Barry-Murphy. Both teams were evenly matched and the first-half saw the sides level on five occasions.
The Board's teams have won 28 All-Ireland SHC titles as of 2019 — the third most successful of all county boards. Three teams also have the distinction of twice winning three consecutive All-Ireland finals (1898, 1899, 1900) and (1949, 1950, 1951). The team of the 1960s is considered the greatest of all Tipperary teams.
The Camross club did not win the Laois Senior Hurling Championship until 1959 but since then they have added a record 26 more senior hurling titles to their roll of honour (27 titles in total). They last won the Laois Senior Hurling Championship in 2023, defeating Abbeyleix St Lazarian's.